The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) announced that its 2024 Annual Meeting (May 28–31) will start off with a special preconference event: a Planning Meeting for the International Society of Exercise Oncology. The target audience includes exercise oncology researchers (basic, clinical, translational, D&I, etc.), clinicians (MD/DOs, nurses, CEPs, PTs, OTs, palliative/supportive care doctors, integrative oncologists), fitness professionals with specialty training in oncology, trainees, people living with and beyond cancer, and sponsors (eg, equipment companies).
According to the ACSM, the field of exercise oncology has grown exponentially over the past several decades, and many, if not all, scientific meetings have less than 10 hours of exercise oncology programming, which is constraining development of the field and not reflective of the research and clinical expansion. The organizing committee proposes a discussion about the relative merits of forming the new International Society of Exercise Oncology with the intent of bringing the field together in a new way.
